Where does “kserokopio” come from?
kserokopio (Finnish) comes from English xerocopy, from English copy, from Middle English copy, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia, from Latin co- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
kserokopio (Finnish): xerocopy
Definitions
- xerocopy
Ancestry of “kserokopio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | xerocopy | To copy xerographically; A xerographic copy |
| 2 | English | copy | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of... |
| 3 | Middle English | copy | — |
| 4 | Old French | copie | abundance, plenty; transcript, copy |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | copia | reproduction, transcript; copy; supply |
| 6 | Latin | cōpia | supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches |
| 7 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |